કિબ્લા
Gujarati edit
Alternative forms edit
- કિબલા (kiblā)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian قبله (qibla), from Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈkɪb.lɑ/
- Rhymes: -lɑ
- Hyphenation: કિબ્‧લા
Noun edit
કિબ્લા • (kiblā) m
- an altar, a temple; an object of veneration or reverence; a father; a king, etc.; (by way of respectful address) Father! Worship! Sire!
Noun edit
કિબ્લા • (kiblā) f
- (Islam) that part to which Muslims turn their faces when at prayer; the temple of the Kaʻba in Mecca
Proper noun edit
કિબ્લા • (kiblā) n
- (by extension) Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)